DISTRICT RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

CENTRAL SCHEME

INDIRA
AWAAS YOJANA (IAY)

ØAs part of the efforts to meet the housing needs of
the rural poor, Indira Awaas yojana was started in May 1985 as a sub-scheme of
Jawahar Rozgar Yojana. From 1 January, 1996 it is being implemented as an
independent scheme.

ØThe objective of Indira Awaas Yojana is primarily
to help construction of dwelling units and upgradation of existing unserviceable
kutcha houses of members of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribles, freed bonded
labourers and also non-SC/ST rural poor below the poverty line by providing them
with grant-in aid.

ØThe target group for houses under Indira Awaas
Yojana includes people below poverty line living in rural areas belonging to SCs/STs,
freed bonded labourers and non-SC/ST categories. From 1995-96, the IAY benefits
have been extended to widows or next-of kin of defence personnel killed in
action. Benefits have also been extended to ex-servicemen and retired members of
the paramilitary forces as long as they fulfill the normal eligibility
conditions of Indira Awaas Yojana. 3 percent of funds are reserved for the
benefit of disabled below the poverty line in rural areas.

Salient Features

ØAllotment of the house in the name of the female
member of the house-hold or in the joint names of husband and wife. A minimum of
60 percent of funds are to be utilised for construction of houses for the SC/ST
people. Sanitary latrine and smokeless chulah are integral to an IAY house.
Selection of beneficiaries under IAY is done by the Gram Sabha. Selection of
construction technology, materials and design is left entirely to the choice of
beneficiaries. Upgradation of unserviceable kutcha houses at the rate of Rs.
10,000 per unit has also been introduced from the year 1999-2000. Indira Awaas
Yojana is a Centrally sponsored scheme funded on cost-sharing basis between the
Government of india and the States in the ratio of 75:25.

Implementing Agency

ØThe IAY is implemented through District Rural Development Agencies (DRDAs)
specially set up in each district of the country for the implementation of Rural
Development Programmes or through Zilla Parishads. At the village level, the
Gram Sabha is responsible for selection of beneficiaries.

ØIAY is a flagship scheme of the Govt.of India,
Ministry of Rural Development to Provide houses to the poor in the rural areas.

ØThe objective of the IAY is primarily to help
construction of dwelling units of members of SC/ST, Free bonded labourers,
Minorities in the below poverty line category.

ØFunding Pattern: IAY
is a Centrally sponsored scheme funded on cost – sharing basis between the
Government of India and the State Governments in the ratio of 75:25.

ØIdentification of Beneficiaries: The beneficiaries, restricting to this number, will be selected
from the Permanent IAY wait lists prepared on the basis of BPL lists in order
of seniority in the list. The Gram Panchayats may draw out the shelterless
families from the BPL list strictly in the order of ranking in the list. A
separate list of SC/ST families in the order of their ranks may be delivered
from the larger IAY list so that the process of allotment of 60% of houses under
the scheme is facilitated. (Thus, at any given time, there would be two IAY
waitlists for reference, one for SC/ST families and the other for non –SC/ST
families.) once the lists are prepared, they need to be approved by the Gram
Sabha to be attended by a government servant who would be a nominee of the
collector.

Ø
Unit assistance for IAY houses by GOI

Plain areas

Hilly/Difficult areas

Constn.of new house

Rs.45,000/-

Rs.48,500/-

This unit cost is share by centre and state as Rs.33750/- and Rs.11250/-
respectively.

Ø
District Target :

Year

No.of houses

Amount (in lakhs)

2011-12

1586

1586.00

2011-12 Additional

70

70.00

2012-13

1757

1757.00

2013-14

1395

1395.00

Roofing cost – 55,000

State share – 11,250

Central share – 33,750

In addition to this, Govt.of Tamilnadu grand Top of IAY
Roofing cost Rs.55,000/- per house.

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENTRY LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (MPLADS)

·Government of India considered the need for a
mechanism to respond to such requests and decided to have a scheme to meet the
felt needs of the people.

·On 23rd December 1993 Prime minister
announced in the Parliament the Members of Parliament Local Area Development
Scheme (MPLADS).

·The Guidelines were issued in February 1994 and the
subject relating to the MPLADS was transferred to the Ministry of Statistics and
programme Implementation in October 1994.

·In 1993-94 when the scheme was launched an amount
of Rs.5.00 lakh per Member of Parliament was allotted which became Rupees one
crore per annuam from 1994-95 per MP constituency. This was stepped up to
Rs.2.00 crore from 1998-99 and Rs.5.00 crore

·Features:Lok Sabha
Members can recommend works for their respective constituencies. Elected Members
of Rajya Sabha can also recommend works for implementation in one or more
districts as they may choose in the State of their election. Nominated Members
of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha can recommended works for implementation in one or
more districts anywhere in the country.

·All works to meet the locally felt community
infrastructure and development needs with emphasis on the creation of durable
assets in the respective constituency are permissible under MPLADS except those
prohibited.

·MPs may choose some works for creation of durable
assets of national priorities namely drinking water, education, public health,
sanitation and roads under the scheme.

·Development of Areas inhabited by Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes: The MPs are to recommend
every year such works costing at least 15% of MPLADS fund for areas inhabited by
Scheduled Caste population and 7.5% for areas inhabited by Scheduled Tribe
population.

·Implementing Agency:
The District Authority shall identify the agency through which a particular work
recommended by the MP should be executed. The executing agency so identified by
the District Authority is the implementing agency.

·Implementation: On
receipt of the recommendation of the works from the MP and issue of the work
sanction order by the District Authority to implementing agency.

·Fund Release and Management: The annual entitlement of Rs.5.00 crore will be released in two
equal installments of Rs.2.50 crore each by Government of India directly to the
district authority.

·The second installment of the MPLADS funds will be
released subject to the fulfillment of Audit report & U.C of the previous year.

MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTY SCHEME (MGNREGS)

The Government of India has passed the National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act – 2005 on September 2005. The Scheme is implemented throughout
India.

This scheme was started in Kanniyakumari District from 01.04.2008
as a III phase in Tamilnadu.

The following works are implemented in this scheme.

1.Formation of new
ponds.

2.Deepening of Ponds,
Ooranies, Temple tanks

3.Desilting of Tanks.

4.Deepening and
Strengthening of channel bonds and supply channels

5.Formation of new
roads.

6.Harvesting
structures.

7.Preservation of
Soil conservation works and

8.Creation of rural
connectivities.

N.B: The Scheme is extended to implement in Private Land
of SC/ST and Small/Marginal Farmers.

General Informations

·Total Number of
Village Panchayats - 95

·Total Rural
Population 2011 census - 326616

·Total Number of
Families
- 168996

·Total Number of
families register

under MGNREGS
- 98308

·Total Number of
persons registered for

MGNREGS
- 139272

·Number of Job Cards
issued - 139272

·SB Account
opened - 139272

·Number of village
panchayats where

the MGNREGS works going on
- 95

·Total number of
Habitations in the panchayats - 1156

·Total number of
Habitations where the workers

Who are
involved
- 1156

·Total number of
Clusters
- 141

(Every Village Panchayat have been divided into clusters and
works are implemented cluster wise)

From 01.04.2012, overall payment to the beneficiaries is made in
their individual Bank Accounts directly through Bank in all Village Panchayats.
No cash payment is made to the beneficiaries in this district.

From 01.04.2013 onwards wages has been revised to Rs.148/-
(Rupees Hundred and Fourty Eight only).

NIRMAL BHARATH ABHIYAN (NBA)

Encouraged by the success of NGP, The TSC is being renamed as “Nirmal
Bharat Abhiyan” (NBA) to Accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas so as
to comprehensively cover the rural community through renewed strategies covering
the entire community for saturated outcomes with a view to create Nirmal Gram
Panchayats.

The Main objectives of the NBA are as under

Bring about an improvement in
the general quality of life in the rural areas.

Accelerate Sanitation Coverage
in rural areas to achieve the vision of Nirmal Bharat by 2022 with all Gram
Panchayats in the country attaining Nirmal status.

To cover the remaining schools
not cover under SSA and anganwadi centres in the rural areas with proper
sanitation facilities and under take pro active promotion from hygiene education
and sanitary habits among students.

The strategy is to transform rural India in to “Nirmal
Bharat” by adopting the “Community led” and “People centered” strategies and
community saturation approaches.

A ‘Demand driven approach’ is to be continue with emphasis on
awareness creation and demand generation for Sanitary facilities in house,
schools and for cleaner environment.

Subsidy for Individual house hold latrine units has
been replaced by incentive to the poorest of the poor households.

IEC Campaign involving panchayat Raj Institutions, Anganwadi
workers, self help groups, NGO’s are also important components of the strategy.

Convergence with MGNREGS shall also be imported to
facilitate the rural house holds with fund availability for creating there own
sanitation facilities.

Kanniyakumari District has been implementing the TSC
project since 2000-2001. Total allocation Rs.2124.05 lakhs. In which the share
of Govt.of India 938.81 lakhs The Govt.of Tamilnadu in Rs.591.65 lakhs and the
contribution of the beneficiaries in Rs.593.59 lakhs. The IHHL constructed
performance so far is 84822 and School toilets constructed 429, Anganwadi toilet
constructed 384 and Sanitary complex constructed 21.

Nirmal Gram Puraskar Award.

In Kanniyakumari District we have 95 village
panchayats and 9 Block panchayats, out of which 87 village panchayats and 5
Block panchayats had been awarded the NGP in past four years. In 2004-05
Melpuram Block had been declared as the India’s first Nirmal Block Panchayat.

The Awarded panchayats and Block panchayats have
received the Award money Amount of Rs.368.50 lakhs and were fully utilized
towards Sanitation facilities in concerned panchyats and Blocks.

STATE
SCHEMES

CHIEF MINISTER’s SOLAR POWERED GREEN HOUSING SCHEME

As per G.O. (Ms) No.46
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (SGS1) Department dated 17.08.2011, the
State Government have introduced new mega housing scheme of construction of
Solar Powered Green House. It has been named as “Chief Minister’s Solar Powered
Green Housing Scheme” (CMSPGHS). Under this scheme 3 lakh houses will be
constructed in 5 years from 2011-12 to 2015-2016 in Tamilnadu.

Features

All the people living below
poverty line in rural areas will be eligible.

Each house will have an
area of 300 sq.ft and will be constructed at an unit cost of Rs.1.80 lakh fully
funded by the state government, @ Rs.1.50 lakh for construction and Rs.30000/-
for solar powered lights.

Beneficiary must have
house site patta with title land.

Every house will have
a living room, bed room, kitchen, toilet and verandah apart from Rain Water
Harvesting provision and will be provided with 5 solar powered lights.

The Rural Development &
Panchayat Raj Department will take up the construction of houses @ Rs.1.50 lakh
and Tamilnadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) will execute the solar lighting
component @ Rs.30000/-.

The green houses will
be constructed either in situ (replacing his/her existing dwelling structure) or
land owned by the beneficiaries elsewhere in the village panchayat.

Beneficiary should not have
any other concrete / pucca house elsewhere.

In 2011-12, 913 houses were allotted to Kanniyakumari
District and all 913 houses construction have been completed and put into usage
of beneficiaries. Solar lighting system is being installed by TEDA (Tamilnadu
Energy Development Agency)

DISTRICT TARGET:

Year

No.of houses

Amount in lakhs

2011-12

913

1369.50

2012-13

903

1354.50

2013-14

903

1354.50

TAMILNADU VILLAGE HABITATION IMPROVEMENT SCHEME (THAI)

The Government has introduced a flagship programme named as
“Tamilnadu Village Habitations Improvement (THAI) Scheme” to overcome the
disparities in development process and to ensure minimum basic infrastructure
facilities to all habitations in G.O.Ms.No.100, Rural Development and Panchayat
Raj (SGS-1) Department dated 02.12.2011. This scheme is implemented for 5 years
on based manner.

As per the instructions issued by the Government,
survey team consisting of Dy.BDO, Union overseers and Panchayat Secretaries as
official numbers and Panchayat President as elected representative have been
formed to ascertain the present status on the availability of basic needs and to
assess the habitation wise requirements.

After the completion of habitation survey, the survey
details are entered in online and the list of total requirement works of the
habitation has been generated from online. Based on the requirement of works
generated, the Administrative sanction was given as per the guidelines under
THAI scheme.

This 5 year scheme starts from 2011-2012 and will be
implemented upto 2015-16 until all habitation are covered with minimum basic
infrastructure facilities. During 2011-12 under the scheme 425 works were
takenup in 19 village panchayats and 433 habitations.

2011-2012

Sl. No.

Type of work

Taken up

1.

Water Supply

111

2

Street light

141

3

CC Road

105

4

BT Road

37

5

Cremation shed / waiting shed

12

6

Pathway to burial Ground

10

7

Others

9

Total

425

During the year 2012-13, 384 works have been
taken up under THAI Scheme in 20 panchayats and 277 habitations.

2012-2013

Sl. No.

Type of work

Taken up

1.

Water Supply

117

2

Street light

138

3

CC Road

54

4

BT Road

48

5

Cremation shed / waiting shed

3

6

Pathway to burial Ground

4

7

Others

20

Total

384

Upgradation of Road

5

For implementation this scheme in the ensuing
years, Survey has been complete for in all the Pts. At first for 2013-14 survey
has been completed in 197 habitations of 19 village panchayats in Kanniyakumari
district. Works generator have been process for granting Administrative
Sanction.

MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (MLACDS)

ØOut of the allocation of Rs.2.00 crores under
MLACDS and allocation of Rs.1.125 crore should be earmarked for ‘tied component’
which is to be mandatorily earmarked for priority works specified below. Out of
the remaining ‘untied component’ of Rs.87.50 lakhs, the MLAs can choose any
works of their choice not falling within the ‘negative list’.

ØWorks to be taken up under tied component of
Rs.1.125 crores: Infrastructure facilities to schools
a sum of Rs.25.00 lakhs per MLA shall be earmarked under the tied component for
provision of Infrastructure facilities like toilet facilities, watersupply etc.,
to schools.

ØMoreover, it has been estabilised that a large
number of Anganwadi buildings, Noon Meal centers, Noon Meal kitchen sheds, to a
large extent in urban areas and to lesser extent in rural areas are functioning
in dilapidated buildings, Further each MLA should allot Rs.20 lakhs for
construction of Anganwadi buildings, Noon Meal centers and Noon Meal kitchen
sheds in rural as well as urban areas from MLACDS funds.

ØThe MLAs should also allot Rs.5.00 lakhs each for
aids & appliances for differently abled persons.

ØFrom the remaining amount of Rs.62.50 lakhs under
Tied component, the MLA can choose one or more of the following works for any
amount according to his choice, subject to the overall celling of Rs.62.50 lakhs.

ØRural Areas:

1.Installation of Solar lights.

2.Upgradation of gravel/WBM roads to BT standard.

3.Renewal of badly worn out BT roads (laying of BT
layer only with filling up of potholes, if necessary)

4.Laying of cement concrete roads.

5.Provision of buildings and/or compounds walls for
Government and local body hospitals, primary health centers, Government
Veterinary hospitals and also for Govt.schools, Panchayat union schools, Adi
Dravida schools, Kallar Reclamation schools, Government colleges and
Govt.hostels.

6.Provision of Infrastructural facilities to
Government special schools for the disabled and Government Orphanages.

7.Contn.of Bridges.

8.Provision of additional Burial grounds/Cremation
grounds to the village panchayats not having such facilits.

9.Constn.of new houses as per IAY norms.

ØUrban Areas:

1.Installation of Solar lights.

2.Upgradation of gravel/WBM roads to BT standard.

3.Renewal of badly worn out BT roads (laying of BT
layer only with filling up of potholes, if necessary)

4.Laying of cement concrete roads.

5.Provision of buildings and/or compounds walls for
Government and local body hospitals, primary health centers, Government
Veterinary hospitals and also for Govt.schools, Panchayat union schools, Adi
Dravida schools, Kallar Reclamation schools, Government colleges and
Govt.hostels.

6.Provision of Infrastructural facilities to
Government special schools for the disabled and Government Orphanages.

ØAn overall allocation of 21% of the total
allocation under MLACDS should be there for predominantly inhabited by SC/ST
persons in rural and persons living in slums in urban areas.

COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (CSIDS)

ØSelection of Schools:
This basic aim of the scheme is to provide all basic infrastructure facilities
like new buildings for the school, new/repair and renovation of kitchen sheds,
toilets and water supply facilities in the panchayat union primary and middle
schools in rural areas. This scheme will be implemented in those panchayat union
schools located in the village panchayats selected under THAI scheme.

ØType of infrastructure facilities and other
works: The following four types of infrastructure
facilities and other works shall be taken up under the schme.

ØNew building for the school, Kitchen shed, Water
supply facilities, Toilets

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